RARS Bi-weekly Race Report
& News About Upcoming Races
June 9, 1996
RARS is the Robot Auto Racing Simulation, a competition for
programmers and an on-going challenge for practicioners of Artificial
Intelligence and real-time adaptive optimal control. It consists of
a simulation of the physics of cars racing on a track, a graphic
display of the race, and a separate control program (robot "driver")
for each car. All RARS software and activities are free and open to
the public. It runs on DOS, Windows, OS/2, UNIX, Linux, and several
other platforms. For more information e-mail to mindw...@cftnet.com or
rsc...@alpha.netusa.net.
Contents
Submissions
Hock.Trk
Todays Races
Preliminary lap times
Race Report
Authors Point Standings
Upcoming Races
Comments
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Submissions
Please! Any people who want to submit for the first time please
give yourselves more than a day or two (I made that mistake when
I started). Submissions are to be SOURCE CODE only (unless in
the unlikely event you use Borland C++ for OS/2).
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1969.00 750.00
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170.816826 2.797749 Sachs Curve
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-259.965861 1.145872 Norst Curve
This is Hockenheim.
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Here is a repeat of the announcement about todays races:
June 9th, (Unlimited Division Races)
No. of races 2 novice and 2 expert each division
Tracks: Fiorano2 and Adelaide2
Laps: 80 each race
Software version: 0.64
Surface Type: 1
no practice, random starting order.
This is a modified .64 where all cars must cross the finish line
once before the race is over.
The drivers will be uploaded to ftp.ijs.com to a file called
driv0609.zip in 1-3 days. These will only be the drivers
updated this session (Pietro, Rachel, Ramdu).
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Preliminary lap times
RA
Car Laps Avg MPH Damage Fuel Notes
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Exp Ralph 7 96.54 Updated
Exp Bulle 96.33 Updated
Nov Rachel 95.19 New
Exp Ramdu 7 94.02 Updated
Exp Lisa 7 93.63
Nov Pietro 93.39 Updated (was Carg)
Exp Wappucar 92.95
Exp Burns 91.44
Exp Sarah 90.36
Exp Jas 90.08
Exp Herbie 7 88.67
Nov Gator 87.35
Exp FerdRARi 7 86.48
Nov Sneezy 86.24
Nov Heath4 85.76
Exp Tokkie 85.54
Nov Carski 84.58
Nov LaBambi 83.92
Nov Dale_E 83.56
Nov Highland 83.47
Exp Marvin 2 82.26 Disqualified
Exp Phill 71.12
Adelaide2
Car Laps Avg MPH Damage Fuel Notes
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Exp Wappucar 7 82.66 128
Exp Lisa 7 82.42 4722 121
Exp Ralph01 7 81.00
Exp Bulle 80.08
Nov Rachel 7 78.02
Nov Pietro 7 77.49
Exp Ramdu 7 75.79 119
Exp Herbie 7 73.98 127
Exp Jas 7 73.64 123
Exp Sarah 7 73.51 119
Exp Burns 7 72.39 124
Exp FerdRARi 7 71.83 124
Nov Dale_E 7 70.86 125
Nov Heath4 7 70.16 118
Exp Tokkie 7 69.10 120
Nov Highland 7 68.39 120
Nov Sneezy 7 68.92 4232 119
Nov Gator 7 68.43 124
Nov LaBambi 7 67.8 123
Nov Carski 7 67.02 124
Exp Marvin 7 65.28 124
Exp Phill 7 54.90 123
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Race Reports
Novice Race 1: (mv0609n1.zip)
9 cars for 80 laps. The track was ra.trk. The drivers were:
Dale_E, Pietro, Heath4, Sneezy, LaBambi, Carski, Rachel01, Highland,
and Gator.
The initial RVG seed was 26136.
results of race 1:
starting positions:
Heath4, LaBambi, Carski, Rachel01, Dale_E, Gator, Highland, Pietro,
and Sneezy.
1 Pietro avg spd 90.27 80 laps 29614 damage 41 fuel 10 pts accum
2 Highland avg spd 83.14 74 laps 19610 damage 138 fuel 6 pts accum
3 Dale_E avg spd 82.99 74 laps 25280 damage 72 fuel 4 pts accum
4 Carski avg spd 84.65 50 laps 30394 damage 150 fuel 3 pts accum
5 Heath4 avg spd 85.31 45 laps 30112 damage 5 fuel 2 pts accum
6 LaBambi avg spd 83.52 15 laps 30090 damage 59 fuel 1 pts accum
7 Rachel01 avg spd 94.81 15 laps 30160 damage 67 fuel 0 pts accum
8 Gator avg spd 84.22 2 laps 32171 damage 136 fuel 0 pts accum
9 Sneezy avg spd 0 0 laps 30142 damage 144 fuel 0 pts accum
Novice Race 2: (mv0609n2.zip)
9 cars for 80 laps. The track was adelaid2.trk. The drivers were:
Dale_E, Pietro, Heath4, Sneezy, LaBambi, Carski, Rachel01, Highland,
and Gator.
The initial RVG seed was 3718.
results of race 1:
starting positions:
Gator, Pietro, LaBambi, Rachel01, Dale_E, Heath4, Carski, Highland,
and Sneezy.
1 Pietro avg spd 75.25 80 laps 14663 damage 23 fuel 10 pts accum
2 Dale_E avg spd 63.26 68 laps 28119 damage 46 fuel 6 pts accum
3 Rachel01 avg spd 75.85 47 laps 30292 damage 130 fuel 4 pts accum
4 Highland avg spd 68.14 43 laps 30005 damage 119 fuel 3 pts accum
5 Carski avg spd 66.97 33 laps 30154 damage 25 fuel 2 pts accum
6 Sneezy avg spd 68.44 19 laps 30067 damage 64 fuel 1 pts accum
7 LaBambi avg spd 66.92 14 laps 30617 damage 91 fuel 0 pts accum
8 Gator avg spd 66.77 4 laps 30803 damage 129 fuel 0 pts accum
9 Heath4 avg spd 68.15 4 laps 30079 damage 128 fuel 0 pts accum
Expert race 1: (mv0609e1.zip)
14 cars for 80 laps. The track was ra.trk. The drivers were:
Dale_E, Pietro, Bulle, Ralph01, Jas, Burns, FerdRARi, Tokkie,
Sarah, Herbie, Ramdu, Lisa, Phill, and WappuCa3.
The initial RVG seed was 44115.
results of race 1:
starting positions:
FerdRARi, Tokkie, Dale_E, Burns, Sarah, Phill, Jas, Bulle,
Herbie, Pietro, Lisa, WappuCa3, Ramdu, and Ralph01.
1 Ralph01 avg spd 93.1 80 laps 26356 damage 34 fuel 10 pts accum
2 WappuCa3 avg spd 92.5 80 laps 16777 damage 53 fuel 6 pts accum
3 Bulle avg spd 86.22 75 laps 20391 damage 22 fuel 4 pts accum
4 FerdRARi avg spd 86.12 75 laps 23913 damage 36 fuel 3 pts accum
5 Tokkie avg spd 85.07 74 laps 27293 damage 23 fuel 2 pts accum
6 Phill avg spd 71.1 58 laps 30534 damage 0 fuel 1 pts accum
7 Burns avg spd 90.77 50 laps 30619 damage 16 fuel 0 pts accum
8 Dale_E avg spd 82.06 46 laps 30019 damage 57 fuel 0 pts accum
9 Pietro avg spd 88.63 28 laps 32727 damage 0 fuel 0 pts accum
10 Lisa avg spd 93.41 20 laps 30121 damage 22 fuel 0 pts accum
11 Jas avg spd 83.13 14 laps 30280 damage 61 fuel 0 pts accum
12 Ramdu avg spd 92.89 5 laps 30125 damage 117 fuel 0 pts accum
13 Herbie avg spd 85.21 4 laps 37905 damage 127 fuel 0 pts accum
14 Sarah avg spd 85.88 2 laps 30201 damage 130 fuel 0 pts accum
Expert race 2: (mv0609e2.zip)
15 cars for 80 laps. The track was adelaid2.trk. The drivers were:
Dale_E, Pietro, Bulle, Ralph01, Jas, Burns, FerdRARi, Tokkie,
Sarah, Herbie, Ramdu, Lisa, Phill, WappuCa3, and Marvin.
The initial RVG seed was 15995.
results of race 1:
starting positions:
Tokkie, Dale_E, Lisa, Marvin, Jas, Sarah, WappuCa3, Ralph01,
Bulle, Burns, Ramdu, Phill, FerdRARi, Pietro, and Herbie.
1 WappuCa3 avg spd 75.47 80 laps 15712 damage 21 fuel 10 pts accum
2 Marvin avg spd 64.96 69 laps 28553 damage 50 fuel 6 pts accum
3 Dale_E avg spd 63.08 67 laps 17757 damage 48 fuel 4 pts accum
4 Ralph01 avg spd 76.23 61 laps 30422 damage 92 fuel 3 pts accum
5 Tokkie avg spd 68.72 55 laps 30269 damage 67 fuel 2 pts accum
6 FerdRARi avg spd 71.1 44 laps 30002 damage 137 fuel 1 pts accum
7 Phill avg spd 54.96 27 laps 30625 damage 57 fuel 0 pts accum
8 Ramdu avg spd 74.5 18 laps 30297 damage 74 fuel 0 pts accum
9 Bulle avg spd 54.92 17 laps 30152 damage 68 fuel 0 pts accum
10 Sarah avg spd 72.29 15 laps 30037 damage 80 fuel 0 pts accum
11 Jas avg spd 61 10 laps 30207 damage 106 fuel 0 pts accum
12 Lisa avg spd 81.01 6 laps 30307 damage 122 fuel 0 pts accum
13 Burns avg spd 69.5 4 laps 32236 damage 130 fuel 0 pts accum
14 Herbie avg spd 69.29 4 laps 31727 damage 134 fuel 0 pts accum
15 Pietro avg spd 55.56 2 laps 30673 damage 140 fuel 0 pts accum
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Points for Day - Unlimited Division
Driver Race 1 Race 2 Total Seasons Seasons Total
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Expert
Ramdu
Jas
Marvin 6 6 3.5 27
Phill 2 1 3 1 12
FerdRARi 4 2 6 3.5 23
Lisa
Sarah
WappuCa3 10 10 20 10 34
Burns 1 1
Herbie
Bulle 6 6 3.5 4.5
Tokkie 3 3 6 3.5 6.5
Pietro
Dale_E 4 4 2 2
Novice
Heath4 * 2 2 1 20
Carski 3 2 5 3 12.5
LaBambi 1 1 2.5
Sneezy 1 1
Dale_E * 4 6 10 6 (advances)
Highland * 6 3 9 4 12.5
Gator
Pietro* 10 10 20 10 (advances)
Rachel 4 4 2 2
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Expert Division History - Unlimited Division
Finishes Novice Division History - Unlimited Division Finishes This is the point standings for the Unlimited Division. Expert Division Novice Division (* means has 1 win towards advancement to expert) -------------------------------------------------------------------- RACING SCHEDULE (all races track surface 1) **Last Stocker Race** June 30th, R.A. and Adelaid2 Unlimited Division Races, 80 laps TENTATIVE RACING SCHEDULE (all races track surface 1) Alternates: We have a new driver from Mark Nau. She is very fast but needs to I won't be able to run next weeks race on sunday. The deadline will Good luck and see you in two weeks.
Car Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 11/12 11/26 12/10 01/07 02/04 03/03 03/31 04/28 06/09 Driver Country
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Ramdu 27 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 8 2 1 4 4 8 Randy Saint (U.S.A)
Jas 27.5 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 8 10 4 1 1 3.5 Jurgen Sang Germany
Marvin 27 1 2 0 1 2 0 10 0 3 6 2 0 2 3.5 Nicole Greiber Germany
Phill 12 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 2.5 0 3.5 1 Mike Carty USA
FerdRARi 23 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 2.5 6 1 4 3.5 Ferd TrauttmansdorffCanada
Lisa 23 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 10 Henning Lkaskala Germany
Sarah 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Daniel Ash USA
WappuCa3 34 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 8 10 Jussi Pajala Finland?
Burns 10 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 Safai Ma Canada
Herbie 10 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 Alex Aleksic Yugoslavia
Bulle 4.5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.5 Marc Gueury Belgium
Tokkie 6.5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.5 Hannes Nell S. Africa
Pietro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Karl Lewin USA
Dale_E 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 David Sparks USA
Car Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 11/12 11/26 12/10 01/07 02/04 03/03 03/31 04/28 06/09 Driver Country
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Heath4 20 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 3 3.5 4 3.5 1 4 1 Patrick Tierney Canada
Carski 12.5 0 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 1.5 3 2 2 3 Robert Skupinkski USA
LaBambi 2.5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .5 1 Al Davis USA
Sneezy 13.5 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 4 1.5 2 0 2 Larry Ludwick USA
Highland 12.5 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.5 4 Graeme Weston-Lewis USA
Gator 2.5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 David Lutz USA
Rachel 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Mark Nau USA
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Randy Saint 27 pts (U.S.A) Ramdu
Jurgen Sang 27.5 pts (Germany) Jas
Nicole Greiber 27 pts (Germany) Marvin
Mike Carty 12 pts (U.S.A.) Phill
Ferd Trauttmansdorff 23 pts (Canada) FerdRARi
Henning Klaskala 23 pts (Germany) Lisa
Daniel Ash 3 pts (U.S.A.) Sarah
Jussi Pajala 34 pts (Finland) Wappuca3
Safai Ma 10 pts (Canada) Burns
Mario Aleksic 10 pts (Yugoslavia) Herbie
Marc Gueurny 4.5 pts (Belgium) Bulle
Hannes Nell 6.5 pts (S. Africa) Tokkie
Karl Lewin 0 pts (U.S.A.) Pietro (was Carg7)
David Sparks 2 pts (U.S.A.) Dale_E
Patrick Tierney * 20 pts (Canada) Heath4
Robert Skupinski 12.5 pts (U.S.A.) Carski
Al Davis 2.5 pts (U.S.A.) LaBambi
Larry Ludwick 13.5 pts (U.S.A.) Sneezy
Graeme Weston-Lewis* 12.5 pts (U.S.A.) Highland (was Coultsft)
David Lutz 2.5 pts (U.S.A.) Gator
Upcoming RARS Race Meets
June 16th, R.A. and Adelaid2 Stocker Division Races, 40 laps
Alternate: Montreal
One of the top two races will be 'rained out' and will be
replaced by Montreal (which is being run that day). I will
flip a coin that day to figure out which race is to be
'rained out'.
Alternate: Magny Cours
July 14th, S2 and Stef2 Midget Division Races, 30 laps
Alternate: Silverstone
Jun 30 France Magny Cours
Jul 14 Silverstone
Jul 28 Hockenhiem Germany (In this post)
Aug 11 Hungaroring Hungary
Aug 25 Belgium spa-frachochamps
Spt 8 Monza-76
Spt 22 Estoril
Oct 13 Suzuka
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Comments from Ralph
learn to avoid other cars. The expert race is very crowded now.
And with phil being so slow around curves, it really took out
a bunch of cars.
still be sunday but the race will be on monday.